wellstone in particular used campaign ads to underscore his underdog image.hat campaign, the late paul wellstone is somebody who had a lot of admirers in a grassroots democratic party of what he did in office but really the or origin story, the rickety bus, in a race nobody thought he was going to win. take us back to the campaign. >> i was in advertising at the time and like most people in the united states, we in advertising were wondering why were political ads so bad. i knew paul from college and he asked me to do his campaign because he said i understand you need advertising if you're going to run for the united states senate. i said that's probably a good idea because nobody in this state knows who you are. and paul decided to hire us on. we did that for a spot, when we showed it to the campaign, they thought it was a joke. they wouldn't run it. paul was in danger in the primary losing to somebody who didn't have a campaign. they put the ad up in the last week of the primary and it went off like a rocket. everybody loved it. >> i can only imagine in the

i had just finished a book on mary wellstone crash. i have loved living in the late 18th century. i loved all the drama. i even loved the guillotine, the revolution, particularly a loved the ideas. i loved but sad to say and i loved that the character was writing about how bad all of these people. so i thought, okay, let me find some other man or woman and followed them to the same. , francophile as many of my close friends can tell you. so i powwow, if i can think of a french person, then i can just two pairs in the french revolution all over again. but i've been spending a lot of french person who's been in that category. one day a lot of people said to me what you have against americans? i don't have anything against americans. i love americans. i am one. about a week later i was in the shower and all of a sudden, this is true, i remembered a book that i had reviewed for the village voice 15 years earlier than was called the adams women and which i believe is in the library affair. mostly it was about abigail adams and her daughter-in-law, luisa, married to john quincy. but the

that melts off the worst are talking about this the expected time the bloom is on april beats that wellstone near the end of this time period. it is due to this wall exceptionally cold winter and the late winter. we have seen thus far now over next several days we are going to be seeing the warming trend out here and the reason is we have a low actually back in force the west. that's gonna bring some snow fall in parts in the northern plains extended to the up the western great lakes in the southern ontario but i had a bit when to see that sadly warm air pushed or off course northeast into new york city washington dc the temperatures are really rise up into double digits out here. some tours texas el nino which was new mac's gold the warm air is asked to be accompanied by gusty winds also very dry weather so fire weather risk a need of storms is very well possible here for you and then back off poison or well captures actually chilly denver some snow showers in your forecast high of six with taya minus one to die let six. i said it will be warming up off the record sees us he was going on ov

that's why our former colleague, senator pete domenici, and senator paul wellstone, a dear friend to so many of us who we miss dearly, and later another dear friend, senator ted kennedy, who we also miss dear dearly, a towering figure on so many issues, they joined together with senator kennedy's son, representative patrick kennedy, and wrote the bipartisan mental health parity and addiction act. they wanted to make sure we had parity in how insurance companies treat mental and physical health. that bill became law finally in 2008. it was a huge step forward. i'm proud to be -- i was proud to author mental health parity in the affordable care act which was the next big step forward. today we voted on the final step in mental health parity in the community. the ability to get funding for quality mental health services, the same way we fund quality community health services. i met and heard from so many people who have personally felt the effects of mental illness and who want us to pass this bill so they and others can get the treatment they need. one of those people who joined us, in

this is the district that was the heart and soul of paul wellstone stomping ground this is where. walter mondale you know was this is his home territory and it's just. on this is. passed away today. and may god rest her soul and prayers to her family and to vice president mondale good people. but my district is that kind of a place right this is what eugene mccarthy the war congressman you know was you know this is where he would hold sway so the people who elected me are the kind of people who are are tough on their politicians but who are but are tough for the right reasons they're going to say what are you doing are you helping us get some jobs are you helping us have a favor a better cleaner society and by the way your religion that's your business and by the way you know your race you know that you're you know everybody's a race you know and so you know my district you know doesn't get sensitive when i start talking about racial justice because i do and they expect me to write a blot america to live up to that you know liberty and justice for all right that pledge we take eve